Ex-Microsoft Office chief reflects on early malware and the 'global attack on the new Windows PC infrastructure'
(2020/05/05)
And how the privacy risk that Redmond said would not be used for tracking was used for tracking
Baby Diesel? Little d'Artagnan? There is another child of Musk in the world
(2020/05/05)
Play The Register's naming game for the kid who will definitely be getting an electric go-kart
We beg, implore and beseech thee. Stop reusing the same damn password everywhere
(2020/05/05)
Survey finds 66% of lazy gits don't change between sites
US small biz loan system bans software robots. The lesson? Make sure IT knows about any automation projects
(2020/05/05)
Small Business Administration website sinks after being battered by RPA tech
SAP discards Ace of Sybase: Digital Interconnect unit sold for $250 million
(2020/05/05)
The division, which arrived via Sybase, was valued at $400m in 2006
It has been 20 years since cybercrims woke up to social engineering with an intriguing little email titled 'ILOVEYOU'
(2020/05/05)
Hahaha, we were pretty gullible
Colombian tech minister quits, heads off to overseas job as aborted .co contract sale triggers in-depth probe
(2020/05/05)
Analysis Drama surrounds trendy lucrative top-level domain
Proof-of-concept open-source app can cut'n'paste from reality straight into Photoshop using a neural network
(2020/05/05)
Video Code available if you want to toy with similar camera-grabbing projects
Hyperconverged darling Nutanix to furlough at least a quarter of its staff – 1,465 – for two weeks this year
(2020/05/05)
Cites uncertain business conditions and they sure are - even tilers working for Microsoft have felt the crunch
More Salt in their wounds: DigiCert hit as hackers wriggle through (patched) holes in buggy config tool
(2020/05/05)
Miscreants too busy mining for crypto to notice the gold lying around them?
UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal
(2020/05/05)
Comment Herd immunity all over again
Microsoft puts dual-screen devices and Windows 10X in the too-hard basket
(2020/05/05)
Windows 10’s billion users want comfort food and Redmond’s ready to ladle it out as better Bluetooth
Tune in and watch online tomorrow: How to keep your developers safe in the cloud
(2020/05/05)
Sign up now to learn how to turn your programmers into self-aware secure nodes
Microsoft teases more hybrid VMware-on-Azure action
(2020/05/05)
For now, you get a preview of the official Azure VMware Solution to play with and a promise of availability in H2 2020
Apple-Google COVID-19 virus contact-tracing API to bar location-tracking access
(2020/05/05)
Renamed 'ExposureNotification' will only only one app per nation
Contact-tracing is basically CRM so we think we've got it sorted, says Salesforce
(2020/05/05)
Coming real soon now as-a-service. Details on data collection and price? Coming soon, promise
Nvidia's multi-billion-dollar buying spree continues as it slurps up Cumulus soon after swallowing Mellanox
(2020/05/04)
Side effects may include rapid HPC and large AI workloads
Caltech to Apple, Broadcom: You know that $1.1bn you owe for ripping off Wi-Fi patents? Double it, hotshots
(2020/05/04)
US uni goes full honey badger on iPhone giant and its chip sidekick
OK, so you've air-gapped that PC. Cut the speakers. Covered the LEDs. Disconnected the monitor. Now, about the data-leaking power supply unit...
(2020/05/04)
Video I have no mouth, and I must scream
That awful Butterfly has finally fluttered off: Apple touts 13-inch MacBook Pro with proper keyboard, Escape key
(2020/05/04)
The end of an exruciatig seres of ucky keyoards
I gave up Smoking, Drinking and Sex. It was the most
*__________horrifying* 20 minutes of my life!